"But about Saratoga. We was there six days and not a soul from home seen us and everything came off just as we wanted it to, fine weather and horses and races and all."
- Sherwood Anderson, I Want To Know Why
Saratoga has a fine orchestra, too, starting next week. I'll be blogging - and filing for the newspaper - from Saratoga Springs, where the Philadelphia Orchestra is playing for the next three weeks. Charles Dutoit has long been in charge there, but this summer might feel a little more important, what with him soon taking the helm of the ensemble and all.
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For the first time in decades, I will attend THREE Orchestra concerts at SPAC in a season. Why?
Because two of them were conducted by Dutoit in the regular season -- the ones with the Alpine Symphony and The Planets. I will go despite the roar of the nearby waterfall, and despite the visual distraction of the video screens inside.
I will also risk Marin Alsop's concert because she will conduct the Brahms Fourth, done by the Orchestra at The Mann last week under another conductor.
Still, because of the pedestrian programming most of the time, and because of that damned Geyser Creek noise, I usually spend my time and money at Tanglewood, which is close by, for one major reason -- that place is run by musicians and music lovers. Where else but at T'wood will you get a performance of Les Troyens? SPAC can never rival that, ever.
Posted by Don Drewecki | July 31, 2008 5:02 PM
Posted on July 31, 2008 17:02